Marshall Dixon, 50, was arrested and charged with one count of kidnapping after allegedly snatching a 1-year-old child directly out of a mother’s shopping cart inside a Walmart Supercenter in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
According to Us Weekly, the harrowing encounter happened just after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the retail giant’s Memorial Drive location in Tulsa’s Burning Tree neighborhood. What started as a seemingly casual conversation between a stranger and a mother quickly turned into a parent’s worst nightmare, sparking conversation online about public safety and parental vigilance.